In the top of the eighth, reserve outfielder Chris Dickerson attempted to grab a ball in the right-center gap and stopped quickly to avoid running into right fielder Conor Jackson. Dickerson was checked by Orioles’ athletic trainer Richie Bancells and walked off the field, seeming to be limping slightly.

Manager Buck Showalter said after the game that Dickerson has a slight strain of his right Achilles and is considered day-to-day.

The Yankees added insult to injury with a sixth run seventh against Orioles minor leaguer Chris Petrini to take a commanding lead. Petrini gave up back-to-back homers to Brennan Boesch and Ben Francisco in the inning.

The Orioles struck back with five runs in the bottom of the seventh against New York farmhand Branden Pinder. The big blow was a three-run homer by Taylor Teagarden, his first of the spring. Nate McLouth also homered in a three-run fifth against Yankees starter David Phelps.